On Douluo Continent, it was the annual Martial Soul Awakening Day.
Nuoding City, inside the Awakening Hall of the Martial Soul Branch Hall.
"Next, Jiang Liang." An old man stood before the Awakening Array, calling out loudly to the twelve children in the hall.
As soon as his words fell, a six-year-old boy immediately stepped out from the line.
"Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, I'm here!"
The boy had fair, clean features and an especially likable face. His bright, clear eyes held the curiosity and excitement unique to a child.
The moment he saw the boy, the old man's face immediately blossomed into a flower-like smile.
"Little Jiang Liang, don't be nervous. Your parents will surely bless you from heaven and help you awaken a powerful Martial Soul."
"Come, stand in the center of the Awakening Array."
Jiang Liang nodded lightly. Looking at the Awakening Array formed from six jet-black stones, he stepped inside without hesitation.
After six years of transmigration, the moment of Martial Soul awakening had finally arrived.
As a transmigrator familiar with the plot, he knew that Martial Souls on Douluo Continent were inherited from one's parents, though a small number could mutate.
His parents in this life had been ordinary Soul Masters at the Nuoding City branch of Spirit Hall. Their Martial Souls had been an Ice Sword and a Dark Night Spirit Cat, respectively.
Their talent had simply been poor. Even in their thirties, they had only just reached the threshold of level twenty Soul Grandmaster.
Jiang Liang sighed helplessly inwardly, wondering whose Martial Soul he would inherit.
Fortunately, Tang San, the original protagonist, was also about to awaken his Martial Soul now and had not yet gone to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
So he still had a chance to snatch the Immortal Herbs from that place first.
With Immortal Herbs, becoming a Title Douluo was still somewhat possible.
It was just a pity that his parents had been accidentally killed by a soul beast attack outside the city last year. Otherwise, they could have enjoyed the Immortal Herbs with him.
Jiang Liang took a slightly sorrowful deep breath. When he saw the Soul Master named Ma Xiunuo activate the Awakening Array, he closed his eyes.
Golden light descended from the Awakening Array, making him feel exceptionally comfortable, as though something within his body had awakened.
"Little Jiang Liang, extend your right hand and release your Martial Soul."
Jiang Liang nodded and immediately stretched out his right hand, eagerly awaiting the appearance of his Martial Soul.
But at that moment, dark clouds suddenly gathered overhead. Thunder rumbled as lightning flashed.
"Rumble—!"
In the next instant, Sword Qi carrying a killing intent greater than the heavens surged into the sky. Its boundless, terrifying aura instantly enveloped an area hundreds of miles wide.
Inside the Awakening Hall, Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo and the other children all turned pale with fright at the sight.
Some children could not withstand the terrifying killing intent within the Sword Qi. They foamed at the mouth and collapsed unconscious onto the floor.
Jiang Liang had no idea what was happening. He only felt an extremely frigid aura emanating from his palm, and he could not help but marvel inwardly.
What a cold aura!
It seemed he had inherited his father's Ice Sword Martial Soul.
But just then, he heard Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo cry out in shock. "Little Jiang Liang, you... behind you..."
Behind me?
Jiang Liang abruptly opened his eyes. Before he could inspect the Martial Soul in his hand, he immediately turned to look behind him.
There stood a phantom yet incomparably distinct female figure, silently positioned behind him at some unknown time.
Her silver hair cascaded like a river of stars from the nine heavens. Her white robes seemed woven from moonlight. Her beauty was unparalleled, and her cool elegance was so otherworldly that she seemed inhuman. Faint golden motes of light drifted around her.
She merely stood there, yet the aura she unconsciously released made the ground beneath all of Nuoding City hum and tremble, as though it could not bear her weight.
Jiang Liang was completely stunned, his scalp tingling uncontrollably.
Yet at that moment, he saw the woman slowly open her eyes.
"Whoosh—!"
Jiang Liang felt as though his soul were about to be pierced through by that gaze.
Those eyes were indifferent, looking down upon all living beings as though they were ants.
Yet the instant they fell upon him, they seemed to melt like ice and snow, turning into a trace of warmth so faint it was nearly impossible to catch.
Jiang Liang's pupils trembled, and he even forgot to breathe.
Sword... Sword Mother!
He even forgot about his other Martial Soul. Clenching his fists tightly, he stared at the figure before him in disbelief.
He had transmigrated to Douluo Continent, right?
Then why was Sword Mother here? And why had she... become his Martial Soul?!
An immense sense of absurdity and wild joy crashed into his mind at the same time.
Suddenly, an utterly nonsensical yet inexplicably reasonable thought popped into his head.
Wait... the night before I transmigrated, wasn't I sleeping while hugging that life-size "Sword Mother" body pillow?
Could it be because of that?!
"Not a beast Martial Soul, nor a tool Martial Soul."
"What a terrifying aura! Little Jiang Liang, what exactly is your Martial Soul?!"
Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo cried out in shock.
He had awakened Martial Souls for many people, but most had either tool Martial Souls or beast Martial Souls. He had never seen a humanoid Martial Soul before!
And he remembered that Jiang Liang's parents did not have Martial Souls like this either. Could it have mutated?
"Grandpa Ma Xiunuo, my Martial Soul is called Sword Bearer." Jiang Liang came back to his senses and spoke the information that had appeared in his mind through the Martial Soul's feedback.
And besides this Martial Soul, he had another one called the Cold Moon Sword, possessing both the Ultimate Ice attribute and the Dark Attribute.
In other words, not only was his Martial Soul Sword Mother, but he also had Twin Martial Souls, just like Tang San!
Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo's eyes immediately lit up. Though he had never heard this Martial Soul's name, that aura could not be faked. It was definitely an incomparably powerful Martial Soul!
He immediately took out a crystal ball for testing Soul Power. "Little Jiang Liang, let's test your Soul Power and see what level it is."
Jiang Liang immediately withdrew his Martial Soul, then raised his hand and placed it on the crystal ball.
The instant he placed his hand on the crystal ball, it reacted at once. Like a tiny sun, it illuminated the entire Awakening Hall with brilliant light.
"Innate Full Soul Power!"
Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo's hands trembled, and the crystal ball used to test Soul Power nearly slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground.
A genius with Innate Full Soul Power!
As long as he did not perish in the future, he was guaranteed to become a Title Douluo!
With an endless supply of cultivation resources, such an outstanding seedling might even have a chance of becoming a Super Douluo!
The several children beside him who had not fainted all widened their eyes. Their mouths hung open wide enough to fit an egg inside, and they forgot even to breathe.
Among them, the highest Innate Soul Power tested earlier had only been level four.
But even that had already been enough to make others envious.
Who would have thought that someone actually possessed Innate Full Soul Power!
How incredible was that?!
Tears clouded Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo's eyes. He raised his slightly trembling right hand and gently stroked Jiang Liang's head.
"Good, good, good. Our little Jiang Liang is actually a peerless genius. Your parents will surely be proud of you in heaven."
"Little Jiang Liang, stand to the side for now. Let Grandpa awaken the Martial Souls of the remaining children first, then we'll go home."
"Okay!" Jiang Liang agreed with a grin. Then, under the envious and jealous gazes of the other children, he swaggered to the side.
Today really was a good day!
Not only had he awakened Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, but even Sword Mother had become his Martial Soul.
What more could he possibly ask for after this?
He was going straight to the top!
He just did not know how much power Sword Mother still had after becoming a Martial Soul.
Once the Martial Soul awakening ceremony was over, he would have to go back and examine it carefully.
As Jiang Liang was thinking, an incomparably gentle voice suddenly sounded by his ear. "So this blessed land is called Douluo Continent? Martial Souls... what interesting things."
Upon hearing that voice, his entire body froze.
Just now... was Sword Mother speaking?
The moment that thought arose, the gentle voice entered his ear again. "Hm? Why do you call me that name? Could it be... that I look very old?"
Jiang Liang shuddered all over at those words.
"No, no, no, Sister isn't old at all! I meant that Sister is very beautiful! Like a fairy!"
You could say Sword Mother was not pretty.
You could also say Sword Mother's sword was nothing special.
But you absolutely could not say Sword Mother looked old.
That was the forbidden zone for any woman!
As soon as he finished speaking, Sword Mother's delighted laughter immediately sounded by his ear.
"Oh my, my little master certainly has a sweet mouth. At such a young age, he already knows how to make girls happy."
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